Inventor
DUCKWALL WILLIAM S
US21 patents
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APPLE COMPUTER
16 patentsUS6385679B1May 7, 2002
Fly-by serial bus arbitration
APPLE COMPUTER93 citations99
US5935208AAug 10, 1999
Incremental bus reconfiguration without bus resets
APPLE COMPUTER98 citations99
US5875301AFeb 23, 1999
Method and apparatus for the addition and removal of nodes from a common interconnect
APPLE COMPUTER141 citations99
US5802057ASep 1, 1998
Fly-by serial bus arbitration
APPLE COMPUTER113 citations99
US5784648AJul 21, 1998
Token style arbitration on a serial bus by passing an unrequested bus grand signal and returning the token by a token refusal signal
APPLE COMPUTER160 citations99
US5495481AFeb 27, 1996
Method and apparatus for accelerating arbitration in a serial bus by detection of acknowledge packets
APPLE COMPUTER143 citations99
US5802048ASep 1, 1998
Method and apparatus for accelerating arbitration in a serial bus by detection of acknowledge packets
APPLE COMPUTER97 citations98
US6314461B2Nov 6, 2001
Method and apparatus for the addition and removal of nodes from a common interconnect
APPLE COMPUTER59 citations96
US6199119B1Mar 6, 2001
Method and apparatus for the addition and removal of nodes from a common interconnect
APPLE COMPUTER75 citations96
US6904044B2Jun 7, 2005
Fly-by serial bus arbitration
APPLE COMPUTER9 citations82
US6954787B2Oct 11, 2005
Method and apparatus for the addition and removal of nodes from a common interconnect
APPLE COMPUTER10 citations74
US6839791B2Jan 4, 2005
Method and apparatus for accelerating detection of serial bus device speed signals
APPLE COMPUTER9 citations74
US6763414B2Jul 13, 2004
Fly-by serial bus arbitration
APPLE COMPUTER3 citations74
US6721330B2Apr 13, 2004
Fly-by serial bus arbitration
APPLE COMPUTER5 citations74
US6711173B2Mar 23, 2004
Fly-by serial bus arbitration
APPLE COMPUTER5 citations74
US7096302B2Aug 22, 2006
Method and apparatus for accelerating detection of serial bus device speed signals
APPLE COMPUTER0 citations52